Re: Need to install GUI for Etch Linux

2008-11-21 Thread Kent West 
Andrei Popescu wrote:
 On Thu,20.Nov.08, 19:35:30, Kent West wrote:

   
 Try sudo aptitude install x-window-system.
 

 Am I missing something here? AFAIR sudo is *not* configured unless you 
 choose so in the /expert/ install. Why recommend it to a newcomer?

   

Habitual use. I didn't think it through that it would not be available
for a newcomer.

Newcomer, instead, just aptitude install x-window-system as the root user.


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Re: Need to install GUI for Etch Linux

2008-11-21 Thread John Hasler 
Kent writes:
 Try sudo aptitude install x-window-system.

sudo tasksel might be a better choice.
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Need to install GUI for Etch Linux

2008-11-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
I have been having trouble with the install of Etch Linux.  During the install, 
the GUI Desktop Environment was not installed (install failed).  I am wondering 
if I can possibly download and install the desktop environment manually onto 
the debian machine.  I am not able to use the normal install, but must just 
download and install the GUI separately.  Is there any way that I can do this?  
Thanks for your help.
Brendan West

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Re: Need to install GUI for Etch Linux

2008-11-20 Thread Ron Johnson 

On 11/20/08 17:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have been having trouble with the install of Etch Linux.
During the install, the GUI Desktop Environment was not installed
(install failed).


How so?  What error messages?  Symptoms?


I am wondering if I can possibly download and
install the desktop environment manually onto the debian machine.


Sure.  That's how I did it.


I am not able to use the normal install, but must just download
and install the GUI separately.  Is there any way that I can do
this?  Thanks for your help.


As I mentioned above, how did the GUI install fail?

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Re: Need to install GUI for Etch Linux

2008-11-20 Thread Kent West 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I have been having trouble with the install of Etch Linux.  During the 
install, the GUI Desktop Environment was not installed (install 
failed).  I am wondering if I can possibly download and install the 
desktop environment manually onto the debian machine.  I am not able 
to use the normal install, but must just download and install the GUI 
separately.  Is there any way that I can do this?  Thanks for your help.



Try sudo aptitude install x-window-system.

You'll also want a desktop/window manager, so you may also want to sudo 
aptitude install kde gnome icewm or something similar.


Then if you get any errors, let us know the exact errors.

Also, are you installing from CD/DVD or from the 'net?

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Re: Need to install GUI for Etch Linux

2008-11-20 Thread Andrei Popescu 
On Thu,20.Nov.08, 19:35:30, Kent West wrote:

 Try sudo aptitude install x-window-system.

Am I missing something here? AFAIR sudo is *not* configured unless you 
choose so in the /expert/ install. Why recommend it to a newcomer?

Regards,
Andrei
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